Firing of House Chaplain Creates Uproar on Capitol Hill

FILE -- The Rev. Patrick Conroy, then the House chaplain, is pictured on a video monitor during the opening prayer as the 115th Congress convenes at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 3, 2017. The decision by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to fire Conroy erupted into controversy Friday, April 27, 2018, as the speaker faced pushback in his own party and Democrats sought to exploit a delicate and potentially explosive political issue. (Al Drago/The New York Times)